Toulouse vs Rennes prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-05-02 17:00.
[p]Going into matchday 32, Toulouse and Rennes are 12th and 11th respectively in the Ligue 1 table, with Toulouse three points worse off than their upcoming opponents and currently experiencing a seven-game winless run (D2, L5). That poor form has seen them drop from eighth place and within sight of the European spots, to still not being mathematically safe from relegation, albeit that could be secured this weekend with victory or if other results go their way.[/p]
[p]Les Violets’ last encounter – a 0-0 draw at Nantes – did at least halt a five-match losing streak, a run not aided by picking up a first-half red card in their last two games, a habit that they will want to kick quickly. If they suffer another sending-off here, the chances of completing a league double over Rennes for the first time in ten years will be extremely slim.[/p]
[p]Rennes are too far adrift of Ligue 1’s top seven to qualify for Europe while now assured of top-flight football for a 32nd consecutive season. Habib Beye’s men will want to forget last Saturday’s heavy loss at Lyon (4-1) which abruptly ended a run of back-to-back wins, but there is no doubt that the former Senegal international has been a positive influence in the dugout since his arrival, earning seven victories from his 12 matches in charge to date (L5). [/p]
[p]Fans of the Red and Blacks will be hoping that Beye can help end a four-game H2H winless sequence against Toulouse (D1, L3), with Rennes having scored just twice during that run. In spite of Beye’s positive influence, defeat here would represent the Brittany club’s joint-highest number of losses in a season since France’s top-flight was renamed to Ligue 1 in 2002, and that is despite the fact that most of the seasons in that time had 38 matches, not 34![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Yann Gboho came through Rennes’ academy but is now at Toulouse, where after a promising start to the campaign (two goals and an assist in six games), he has not scored in his last 24 appearances. The emergence of 17-year-old Mohamed Meïté has been a blessing for Rennes, and despite the scoreline at Lyon, he did come off the bench to find the net within ten minutes of his introduction for the second successive weekend. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The away side on the day has scored in seven of Rennes’ last eight matches. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]